"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.